Heterogeneity of hunting ability and nutritional status among domestic dogs in lowland Nicaragua

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Koster, Jeremy M ^a   Tankersley, Kenneth B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis lupus familiaris; Life history theory; Mayangna; Miskito; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HARVEST; MALE; MORTALITY; NICARAGUA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DOGS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEAT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NICARAGUA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857405201     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1112515109     Document Type: Article

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